Clean Power Alliance of Southern California (CPA) is seeking competitive proposals from qualified and experienced solar and storage installation companies (Proposers) to build, finance, own, operate and maintain behind-the-meter battery energy storage and solar photovoltaic systems at 12 public facilities across Los Angeles County and Ventura County.
The projects will be part of CPA’s Power Ready program, which has been administered to support community reliability efforts in its service territory by providing public agencies with an on-site energy resiliency project that also provides significant community benefit and demand response capabilities to CPA.
Proposers will be required to demonstrate that they have the qualifications, resources, expertise, and experience sufficient to undertake the project on a timely and cost-efficient basis. Mandatory Offer Forms will be required to submit a proposal.
Offers will be evaluated on a combination of quantitative and qualitative factors further described in the Power Ready RFO Protocol document. The successful Proposer will be required to enter into a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement, for all 12 sites, with CPA and Lease Agreement with each site host.
Full submission instructions are included in the Power Ready RFO Protocol document and RFO Materials which will be released via email upon completion of the Registration Form.
EcoMotion, CPA’s Power Ready technical advisor, is administering this Request for Offers (RFO) process on behalf of CPA.
To participate in this RFO and attend the webinar, you must register with CPA via EcoMotion.
Please register through our online Registration Form.
The RFO will be a multi-step process to qualify Proposers.
Initial Submission Round: CPA is seeking initial offers from Proposers with the RFO materials provided after completion of the Registration Form. From this initial submission round, CPA will select a subset of Proposers to participate in the Second Submission Round.
Second Submission Round: For selected Proposers from the Initial Submission Round, CPA will release additional confidential site information subject to a non-disclosure agreement to selected Proposers to present a best and final offer.
At CPA’s sole discretion, CPA may engage in additional rounds based on information received during the first two rounds.
Date | Step |
January 17, 2023 | RFO Opens |
February 21, 2023 | Deadline for Proposer Registration |
Initial Submission Round | |
February 8, 2023 | Proposer Webinar at 11:00am Pacific Standard Time |
February 21, 2023 | Deadline to submit Initial Submission Round Q&A at 8:00am Pacific Standard Time |
February 24, 2023 | Initial Submission Round Q&A responses posted |
March 10, 2023 | Deadline to submit Initial Submission Round Proposals at 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time |
April 3, 2023 | CPA to notify Proposers of Second Round selection |
Second Submission Round | |
TBD | CPA to release confidential site information and Second Round Offer Template to selected Proposers |
TBD | Virtual Proposers Conference and Site Walk |
TBD | Deadline to submit Second Submission Round Q&A at 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time |
TBD | Second Submission Round Q&A responses provided to all selected Proposers via email |
TBD | Deadline to submit best and final RFO Proposals at 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time |
TBD | Proposers notified of shortlist status |
Q3/Q4 2023 | Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) negotiations and award |
All RFO materials will be provided via email to interested proposers upon registering. To register, please complete the Registration Form.
Initial Submission Round Proposer Webinar will be held on Wednesday, February 8th from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST. The webinar will discuss the Power Ready Program and RFO process. To participate in the webinar, proposer must first register. Following registration, you will receive a link to access the webinar.
Second Round Submission Virtual Proposers Conference to be scheduled the week of April 24-28th.
Sergei Kotsan serves the Energy Risk Manager for Clean Power Alliance. He has over a decade of experience working on quantitative research and modelling of the wholesale power markets as well as hedging commercial risk and market monitoring. He led commercial operations at TexGen and fundamentals research at Talen Energy on the power supply side. He also has utility experience at Portland General Electric and Pacific Gas and Electric evaluating market risks and financial valuation on the demand side. In addition, he worked at the Market Monitoring Unit at CAISO, developing dashboards and preparing market reports. Sergei holds Ph.D. in Economics from West Virginia University.
Rachel serves as Project Manager, Settlements for Clean Power Alliance. Rachel is responsible for reviewing and identifying discrepancies with our California Independent System Operator (CASIO) and bilateral counterparty invoices, validating transactions of wholesale market products, and performing after the fact analysis on settlements and Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) to influence resource optimization and CRR strategies. Prior to joining Clean Power Alliance, Rachel served as a Power Settlements Analyst at Utah Municipal Power Agency for two years where she developed and finalized all settlement processes. Rachel earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Lewis-Clark State College.
Riju serves as the Website Developer, Communications and Marketing at CPA. He brings over 10 years of software development experience in addition to having a strong background in information technology and server infrastructure. Riju oversees all web related functions at CPA to ensure that the organization is able to effectively sustain meeting the requirements of its rapidly growing digital presence. Prior to joining CPA, Riju worked as a digital content developer at Claremont Graduate University where he developed and launched an online learning platform for the federally funded POLARIS mentoring program for museum professionals. More recently, Riju founded and operated a web development and digital marketing agency which served government organizations, non-profits, and other multi agency partners. Riju holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems & E-Business from Cal Poly Pomona. Riju supports CPA’s overall goal and mission to a cleaner, brighter future.
Jacob Adamson is an Analyst, Data and Systems, at Clean Power Alliance (CPA), where he collaborates with the Data and Systems team to develop and maintain robust data analytics frameworks. Jacob supports cross-functional departments in data enablement and business intelligence, focusing on automating reporting tasks and assisting staff with data requests. With a background in engineering, information technology, regulatory analysis, and data analytics, Jacob brings a wealth of expertise to CPA’s work in the renewable energy sector. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, is a former licensed professional engineer in the state of Colorado, and is a GCP certified professional data engineer. Outside of work, Jacob is passionate about outdoor recreation, conservation, and engineering sustainable community development.
Ammad serves as the Analyst, Strategic Finance at CPA. He comes to CPA with 3 years of prior experience in financial planning and analysis. Ammad most recently served as a Financial Analyst at Georgia Power, the largest subsidiary of the Southern Company. In this role, he supported various areas in the Customer Experience division where he ensured timely and accurate financial reporting, conducted monthly expense forecasting, and created 5-year budgets with the approval of the Georgia PSC. He also sat on the 2024 Budget Committee where he contributed to developing guidelines for the company’s budgeting process and identifying areas for cost savings. Ammad earned his Bachelor’s in Finance from the University of Central Florida.